Last season's Golden Boot winner opened the scoring for the Reds on the 19 minute mark, as the home side stormed to a 4-0 victory over the Hammers at Anfield.

Everything flowed smoothly for Jurgen Klopp's men on the day, but the match was in fact interrupted at one point when a young pitch invader leaped over the advertising hoardings and ran onto the field of play.

Sky Sports cameras captured the young boy as he made a beeline for Salah, who he immediately pulled in for a hug.

Mo Salah gave the youngster a hug after he ran onto the field of play (Image: Getty Images Europe)

We've seen players react badly to pitch invaders in the past - think Dejan Lovren at the World Cup for Croatia, for instance.

But Salah dealt with the situation in a brilliant way, hugging the youngster, chatting to him, and quickly and kindly escorting him off the pitch.